Crap Towns / Dover / Weather
How often does it rain in Dover?
It rains in Dover on 125 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), about the same as the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 434th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 862 mm a year, 13% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,906 hours of sunshine a year, 24% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 5th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 125 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 862 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,906 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | 3.3 km | 128 |
| Hawkinge | 10.0 km | 127 |
| Dover | – | 125 |
| Aylesham | 13.2 km | 124 |
| Folkestone | 12.8 km | 121 |
| Hythe | 17.3 km | 120 |
| Deal | 11.4 km | 116 |
| Canterbury | 22.9 km | 113 |
| Ramsgate | 24.6 km | 112 |
| Broadstairs | 27.6 km | 108 |
| Herne | 27.9 km | 106 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |